What Do Democratic Socialists Actually Want?

The Democratic Socialists of America just hit 129,000 members, the most socialists in US history. So what do democratic socialists actually want? We watched two viral videos to find out, and it got weird fast. Is democratic socialism a real movement or a vibe with a membership card? Two guys, one from each side, try to answer it honestly. We first watched Beatrice Adler-Bolton, co-author of Health Communism, argue that getting in shape is fascist and the left should be proudly "dysgenic." Danny got confused and Henry tried to help. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKeoXXgYNYA Then we watched DSA co-chair Megan Romer sit down with David Remnick on the New Yorker Radio Hour and did a play-by-play on her answers to some pretty basic questions. Some of them landed. Most were weird and sparked some debate between us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RWsHLvBntg Chookah Bogan is powered by Maneku, the AI built for real conversations on your show. Learn more at maneku.ai TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 – Henry is back: why Bro History went quiet 01:41 – Meet Chookah Bogan, the AI third chair 02:52 – Why we don't let AI write the show 05:56 – 129,000 members: the most socialists in US history 07:17 – Mamdani so far: NYC is still standing and crime keeps falling 11:05 – Video 1: "Being fit is fascist"? Decoding the dysgenic speech 15:21 – Henry's generous reading: eugenics, disposability, and Marx 21:50 – Danny's hot take: the DSA is the left's Tea Party 24:17 – Video 2: DSA co-chair Megan Romer with David Remnick 26:29 – Workplace democracy: should every barista get a vote? 29:02 – Chookah checks: 706 Starbucks stores have unionized 33:19 – $500K union jobs and whether baristas are skilled labor 39:02 – Collective bargaining, Big Pharma, and the Medicare for All logic 41:02 – Owning the means of production: Google, Apple, power, water 42:49 – Why Marx would hate this: "a kinder, gentler capitalism" 45:26 – DSA is an umbrella: Bernie types, tankies, and open communists 52:06 – Romer says it out loud: this is not social democracy 54:05 – Who is "working class"? Romer vs Mamdani's $1 million line 57:47 – Chookah checks LeBron's net worth 01:01:10 – Retire the term "working class"? Factories vs Starbucks vs Deloitte 01:03:15 – Danny built an AI company. Is he the owner class now? 01:05:14 – Plumbers vs Bezos: Amazon drivers and the piss bottles (fact-checked) 01:10:02 – DSA snubbed Hillary in 2016 and Harris in 2024 01:12:06 – Jacobin's "guerrilla insurgency" inside the Democratic Party 01:18:34 – Open borders: the immigration non-answer 01:23:21 – Danny's actual immigration plan 01:27:47 – Why "it's the immigrants" stopped working in 2026 01:33:50 – "Tax the hell out of millionaires." How much? No number. 01:36:26 – "The rich" is the left's version of "the immigrants" 01:39:23 – The Israel red line and a suspicious jump cut 01:43:01 – One state, two states, or Canaan 01:49:00 – The Haaretz report: did Netanyahu know before October 7? 01:51:05 – DSA's 2028 shortlist: Fain, Nelson, AOC, Khanna 01:53:29 – Chookah recaps the entire episode 01:55:33 – Outro: Substack, Maneku, and getting back on schedule Links to our other stuff on the interwebs: https://www.youtube.com/@BroHistory https://brohistory.substack.com/ #DemocraticSocialism #Mamdani #BroHistory #Socialism #DSA #ZohranMamdani #WorkingClass #Unions #USPolitics #NYC #PoliticsPodcast #Maneku #349 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices